Mystery of haunted council house. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Dyson lived at 21 Solent Way, Milford, with their two children, their Siamese cat and their puppy, until last week. It was the eerie seventh resident
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Warsash, Hampshire (1958)
She believes ghost has secret. Strange sounds heard in a Warsash house. Standing in the doorway of her 250-year-old oak-beamed cottage, a Warsash woman told a reporter that she thought ghosts were trying to lead
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Haunted flat puts family in terror. By Steve Peacock. A terrified family have called in a priest because they fear their Aldershot council home is haunted. The mother, 22-year-old Dorothy Addison, is so afraid for
Continue ReadingBournemouth, Hampshire (1981)
Priest called in to chase spooks. Baffled police called in a priest to exorcise a house yesterday after a six-hour bout of the spooks. A series of ghostly attacks had rocked the quiet home of
Continue ReadingBournemouth, Hampshire (1964)
Secretary has a date with a spook. Ever been tucked into bed by a persistent poltergeist? Take it from Margaret Best – it’s not much fun. Miss Best, a 28-year-old secretary, of Bournemouth, Hants, should
Continue ReadingHinton Ampner, Hampshire (1770)
A Hampshire Ghost Story. The Gentleman’s Magazine for December contains the second and concluding part of the curious narrative of supposed supernatural visitations at the old manor-house of Hinton Ampner, in Hampshire, some hundred years
Continue ReadingPetersfield, Hampshire (1930)
A Petersfield Mystery. Much ghostly tapping. Vicar and police chief hear it. Hidden money theory. What is presumed to be a tapping spirit is haunting a house at 22, Chapel Street, Petersfield, occupied by Mr.
Continue ReadingFort Nelson, Portsmouth, Hampshire (1889)
Ring-a-ding. According to information supplied by “Full Private” in his account of the doings of “Potter’s Own” at Easter, some officers’ peace of mind was disturbed by ringing of bells within Fort Nelson, apparently without
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A Bit of Mystery – Southampton, Jan. 18. Much curiosity has been excited in the neighbourhood of Anglesea place, Southampton, during the last two days, in consequence of the door-bell at No. 9, Anglesea-place, the
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Original? account in Hampshire Telegraph 5th of May 1800 (broken link) The following most extraordinary circumstance is said to have happened at Portsmouth, on Sunday and Monday sennight; for the truth of it we
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